Word Study · Strong's H3244 · Hebrew
יַנְשׁוּף
yanshuph
yan-shoof'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yanshûwph
“an unclean (acquatic) bird”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant ))
Rendered in the KJV as
(great) owl.s
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַיַּנְשׁ֖וּף1
- הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף׃1
- וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף1
How it is rendered · 2
- the great owl2
- and great owl1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
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- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
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Where this word lives
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